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git_r_read's review against another edition
5.0
If you aren't reading books by Laura Bickle....WHY THE HECK NOT?! She writes all different types of stories and all that I've read are superb.
This was an intriguing entry into Laura's stable of books. It was a fab YA that anyone, young or old, who digs excellent paranormal will enjoy too. The setting is a pawn shop in a grimy sort of city on the shore. This pawn shop has been run by the same family for years. They deal in some ordinary and some/most not so ordinary objects.
Erasmus/Raz is the narrator. He has a lot on his plate what with being able to read an object while touching it, one of his coworkers is a demon, his dad is less than supportive, grandad is ill, someone has made a deal with another demon that's come due and there's the Mob....
There are nice ordinary things in Raz's life that he tries really hard to hold onto. School dances and the girl next door and family. I really liked this aspect of the book. With everything else swirling around him, he has these touches of normalcy to hold on to.
Plenty of action, sweetness, paranormal scare, and an excellent story.
I can definitely recommend this book and author.
This was an intriguing entry into Laura's stable of books. It was a fab YA that anyone, young or old, who digs excellent paranormal will enjoy too. The setting is a pawn shop in a grimy sort of city on the shore. This pawn shop has been run by the same family for years. They deal in some ordinary and some/most not so ordinary objects.
Erasmus/Raz is the narrator. He has a lot on his plate what with being able to read an object while touching it, one of his coworkers is a demon, his dad is less than supportive, grandad is ill, someone has made a deal with another demon that's come due and there's the Mob....
There are nice ordinary things in Raz's life that he tries really hard to hold onto. School dances and the girl next door and family. I really liked this aspect of the book. With everything else swirling around him, he has these touches of normalcy to hold on to.
Plenty of action, sweetness, paranormal scare, and an excellent story.
I can definitely recommend this book and author.
mommasaystoread's review against another edition
4.0
Pawned is a witty and action packed Urban Fantasy. Raz sums it up perfectly from the very beginning when he says he was born into crazy. The whole family is a bit off, some are more likable than others, but off nonetheless. Between demons, mobsters, and cursed artifacts, this is not your run of the mill pawn shop and anything is likely to happen at any given moment. The only drawback was that it tended toward wordy more often than not, and at times became repetitive with descriptions. Regardless, the story still held my interest and was equal parts fun and edge of your seat exciting. All in all, Pawned has great characters, an intriguing storyline, and some laugh out loud moments mixed with danger and adventure.
catsluvcoffee's review against another edition
4.0
"I was born into crazy."
The first sentence explains a lot about this book. It's an adventurous ride full of magical objects, psychic gifts, a t-rex shaped demon, and the mob. Raz (Erasmus only to his father) helps run Stannick's Pawn Shop after school. Except this is no ordinary pawn shop. Managed by Raz's father, uncle, and grandfather, all the men in the family have the gift of psychometry, i.e. they can see the history of any object they hold.
This sounds like an exciting life but all Raz wants is to get out of town and away from the responsibility of his gift. When his dad decides to make a deal with a devil to keep his grandfather ticking, and the cursed item that makes it all possible is wanted by the mob, Raz is stuck in the middle.
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The first sentence explains a lot about this book. It's an adventurous ride full of magical objects, psychic gifts, a t-rex shaped demon, and the mob. Raz (Erasmus only to his father) helps run Stannick's Pawn Shop after school. Except this is no ordinary pawn shop. Managed by Raz's father, uncle, and grandfather, all the men in the family have the gift of psychometry, i.e. they can see the history of any object they hold.
This sounds like an exciting life but all Raz wants is to get out of town and away from the responsibility of his gift. When his dad decides to make a deal with a devil to keep his grandfather ticking, and the cursed item that makes it all possible is wanted by the mob, Raz is stuck in the middle.
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ania_star's review against another edition
4.0
Pawned tells very unique story and I loved reading every page of it. In Pawned we follow and his family, who own pawn shop. It's not just ordinary story, males in the family have special gift, they can tell objects history just by touching it - they call it bunko (love the name:)). The gift disappears, once the lose virginity. The gift comes in handy, lots of things in store are magical or cursed and his family dabs into supernatural quite a lot.
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It's such a deep story and lots of fun at the same time. We see him navigate trough difficult family issues, dealing with death, abandonment, love and so much more. There are many elements intertwining into one amazing story.
Highly recommend to anyone who love unique stories. :)
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